The announcement comes after parents and children spoke about Momo being cut into YouTube videos of Peppa Pig and Fortnite.
Today, a YouTube spokesman said: ‘Contrary to press reports, we have not received any evidence of videos showing or promoting the Momo challenge on YouTube.However, parents have become increasingly concerned about the challenge saying it encourages children to hurt themselves.on talking to children about the character, warning online clips could be extremely distressing for children, and asking parents and carers to be vigilant when their child is using any device or watching videos.
National Online Safety tweeted: ‘Today we’ve heard from hundreds of concerned schools and parents about the horrifying #Momo challenge which has reportedly been appearing in children’s YouTube videos, causing panic and upset amongst young people.’ ‘This extremely disturbing challenge conceals itself within other harmless looking games or videos played by children and when downloaded, it asks the user to communicate with ‘Momo’ via popular messaging applications such as WhatsApp.‘It is at this point that children are threatened that they will be cursed or their family will be hurt if they do not self-harm.
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